The following post originally appeared on the blog of Siddhartha Srivastava

March 8th, 2015 was International Women’s Day. Women are an inherent part of our society and have made significant contributions to many different industries, but some people don’t understand this fact. I encountered one of those people on Facebook on this past Sunday night. So, this is what happened. I wished a random person on Facebook “Happy Women’s day”, and he began to abuse women and said there is no reason why we should respect them. I was offended by his words, so I decided to prove to him that women are great, but I did this in my own way. In the end, I created this video which highlights 26 important women who have shaped our society. Feel free to share my video, Women A-Z, with others.